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Sunday, 24 September 2017

Add Kali Linux + persistence (UEFI+MBR) to E2B

There is already a .mnu file for booting to a Kali ISO file in MBR mode with persistence.
There is a blog tutorial for a full OS install of Kali onto E2B here.

Here is how to get UEFI+MBR working with a persistent file...

Kali Linux (UEFI+MBR) with persistence

1. Use RMPrepUSB - Create a ext3 file with a volume name of 'persistence' and move the file to \_ISO\LINUX

Use a recent version of the MPI Tool Kit so that it prompts you for the syslinux version.

Enter 6 for Syslinux v6 when prompted.

You should now have:
\_ISO\LINUX\kali
\_ISO\LINUX\kali.imgPTN

3. Use Switch_E2B.exe to select kali.imgPTN&kali (ensure both images are detected). Instead you can MBR boot to the E2B menu and select the kali.imgPTN file.

Windows may want to format the ext3 partition at this point, because it does not recognise it - but don't let it format it, just click Cancel!

Note: at this point, create a folder \isolinux and copy the existing \syslinux\splash.png file to the new \isolinux folder. This is so you get the Kali wallpaper for the grub boot menu. This was not required for the LXDE version.

The persistent 'volume' needs a persistence.conf file in it!
Boot to kali first boot menu option (do NOT use the Persistence menu entry!)
and then type following 5 lines in the Terminal shell to enable persistence - then reboot